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Monday, February 14, 2005:

Fisheries Conservation in Belize 

 
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Alarming reports are coming in of huge declines in Groupers. These are large, commercially important fishes found around the Barrier Reef of Belize. During the breeding season the gather in spawning aggregations (SPAGs), one of which is estimated to have contained 15,000 groupers, but by 2001 had declined to 1,700, and is predicted to disappear completely by 2013. Fortunately the Belizean Government is conservation minded, and the Fisheries Ministry is introducing protective measure, and there are now 13 SPAGs covered by protective legislation.

Safer Sex for Groupers in Belize Thanks to Protected Fish Spawning Sites (Eco-Exchange)

 
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